as in imprisoned
to put in or as if in prison
if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!
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The president is supported by the Fuerza Popular party, led by presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori the daughter of a former president who was imprisoned for human rights abuses.—
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Their relationship with Rodwell consists of these daily calls and visits to the North Central Correctional Institution in Gardner, where Rodwell is imprisoned.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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He was jailed in January 2021 and moved to an Arctic penal colony in late 2023.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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For example, Yasser Abu Shabab, the now-deceased head of one of the gangs, reportedly escaped prison, where he was jailed for drug smuggling.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2026
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One of them was Jon Ossoff, a millennial who had once interned for Congressman John Lewis.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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But during the summer between high school and her freshman year at the California Institute of Technology, Ma interned at Livermore, sitting in front of a computer for eight hours a day in a fruitless search for new planets somewhere between Saturn and Uranus.—
Frances Stead Sellers,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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Jelly Roll was pardoned by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee last December for his past convictions, including robbery and drug felonies for which he was incarcerated at ages 16 and 23, respectively.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
13 Feb. 2026
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Elizabeth Hinton, a professor of history and law at Yale, said the 2005 cutoff disproportionately affects incarcerated young people who are Black.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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The night’s highlights for the Aztecs were largely confined to the closing minutes of the first half, when, with 6-6 Tae Simmons playing the 5 with four guards, the Aztecs went on a 14-3 run that gave them a 33-29 lead at the break.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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His girlfriend, a 31-year-old woman identified only by her last name, Arroyo, told police the couple was tied up and confined to a small room while two men made off with valuables from the residence and their car, a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, Surfer Magazine reported.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Locked (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locked%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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